Divisions

About Us

We are a provider of refurbishment, modernisation, retrofit, energy efficiency, and planned maintenance services to buildings and facilities for property owners across the UK. Established since 1929, we deliver projects utilising a combination of directly employed skilled trades-people and approved specialist subcontractors. Our senior management team has delivered over £2bn of projects for public and private clients in Housing & Public Buildings, Commercial & Retail, Industrial & Defence, Utilities & Infrastructure and Education & Healthcare.

Our Board

Eamonn McGarvey

Managing Director

Eamonn established Apollo Property Services Group and Keepmoat (now Equans) in Scotland, growing the regional business from zero to £70m per annum turnover, delivering construction and refurbishment services to some of Scotland’s largest private and public sector property owners.

Rob McGregor

Chairman

Rob was previously the CEO of Apollo Property Services Group, a £400m/annum turnover company delivering a broad spectrum of construction, building refurbishment and property & facility maintenance services across the UK. Rob and Eamonn have worked together since 1988.

Steve Allen

Consultant Director

Steve was the CFO for Apollo Group and overseen the £1bn merger with Keepmoat. Steve oversees the Group function and strategic development with Eamonn and Rob.

Claire Roe

Finance Director

Claire trained at Apollo, and went on to become the Regional Finance Director for a £250m part of the Keepmoat Apollo Group. Claire joins us following a spell with a well-known London based SME.

Jon Wallis

Regional Director (South Region)

Jon was previously Business Director of United Living Property Services responsible for delivering an annual budget of around £50m/annum specialising in the refurbishment and regeneration sector. Prior to that Jon worked with Rob and Eamonn at Apollo Property Services Group and later Keepmoat Regeneration where he became Commercial Director responsible for business integration and improvement within an organisation turning over circa £800m/annum.

Chris Doyle

Regional Director (Central Region)

Chris has over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry. Previously, as Regeneration Director at Equans, he built a Division of 260 employees delivering an annual revenue of £75m, focusing on Retrofit and Building Safety projects. Chris previously worked with Rob, Eamonn, and many other players in the McConnell team, at Apollo.

Craig Hartley

SHEQ Director

Craig is a seasoned Health and Safety professional, responsible for ensuring that McConnell meets or exceeds our industry’s strict Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality standards.

Alan Burton

Pre-Construction Director (Scotland & North England)

Alan heads up Pre-Construction and has over 30 years of experience in the construction industry, working in senior operational roles across all sectors for Mowlem, Ballast, McTaggart and Keepmoat.

John Hepburn

Commercial Director (Scotland & North England)

John leads the McConnell commercial team in Scotland and the North of England. He previously held Senior Management positions within the Refurbishment and New Build Housing sectors including Keepmoat (now Equans) where he worked with Eamonn.

Ross Bailey

Commercial Director (South Region)

Ross has previously held senior commercial roles at Tier 1 contractors Mears Group and more recently at United Living where he was responsible for the commercial performance of a refurbishment division delivering an annual revenue of £80m. Having joined McConnell in 2021, he is responsible for all commercial functions in our South region.

Adam Stevens

Commercial Director (Central Region)

Adam was previously Regional Operations Director at Equans, where he was responsible for the Refurbishment Divisions delivering an annual revenue of £200m. Adam previously worked with Rob, Eamonn, Chris and many other players in the McConnell team, at Apollo. Having joined McConnell in 2024, he is responsible for all commercial functions in our Central region.

Neil Williams

Divisional Director (Scotland & North England)

Neil heads up the main Refurbishment Division in Scotland and the North of England. He has 25 years Senior Management experience within the sector including previously helping Eamonn establish Apollo Property Services Group in Scotland, and learning the refurbishment ropes at Morris & Spottiswood.

Strone McCue

Divisional Director (Scotland & North England)

Strone oversees the RCC division as well as refurbishment, retrofit and renewables projects in the north of Scotland. Strone has a rounded construction background serving previously in senior management roles for Robertson, Graham Construction, McDermott Group and Luddon Construction.

Tommy Nightingale

Operations Director (South Region)

Tommy joined from United Living, where he was a Divisional Director responsible for a £75m annual budget. Prior to that, Tommy worked at Mears Group for 10 years, rising up through their management training programme. Tommy is experienced at planning and delivering all aspects of refurbishment projects including building safety, retrofit, large-scale frameworks, and partnering contracts.

Pat Sweeney

Divisonal Director (Central Region)

Pat worked at director level for a leading G15 Housing Association before “crossing the fence” to take up director roles on the contracting side, most recently overseeing £40m per annum of planned and responsive maintenance works for Equans. A founder member of the PPC/TPC Steering Group, Pat is helping establish our Central region, spanning from north of the Thames up to Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.

Ken Wales

Estimating Director (Scotland & North England)

Ken has been responsible for our RCC (Roofing, Cladding & Coatings) division since 2010. His vast knowledge of these specialist areas extends to all types of flat and pitched roofing, and specialist coatings & painting, primarily for large scale Housing, Commercial, Retail and Industrial applications.

Francis Curran

Estimating Director (Scotland & North England)

Francis has over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry working in senior commercial and estimating roles with Robertson and Keepmoat, before joining McConnell in 2019. Francis oversees the estimating of our retrofit, building safety, energy efficiency, and large scale refurbishment tenders.

Peter Treacy

New Business Director (Scotland & North England)

Peter is part of the furniture at McConnell with over 20 years under his belt. A seasoned figure in the roofing and cladding sector in Scotland, Peter is responsible for developing the opportunities pipeline feeding our divisions in Scotland and North England.

Keith Trowers

New Business Director (South Region)

Keith has over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry and has previously worked with many of the McConnell senior team. Following a Technical Sales Manager role for facade systems manufacturer Weber, Keith has held senior business development roles in the refurbishment sector for Makers, Apollo, Keepmoat and Durkan.

Our direction is to continue to evolve the heritage of our company by:

Delivering a high-quality service that represents fair and reasonable value for our clients
Creating a safe working culture and environment
Engaging positively with our clients and the communities that we work within
Reducing the environmental impact of our operations
Creating opportunities and security for our people so they can fulfil their potential

Services

Principal Contracting

We are an accredited and quality assured Principal Contractor working for some of the UK's largest public and private sector property and infrastructure owners.

Roofing

We have a specialist roofing division that utilises directly employed skilled trades-people and managers to deliver a complete service for roofing and waterproofing projects from diagnostics and design through to installation and maintenance.

Cladding

We have an in-house division specialising in the design and installation of building cladding and sheeting systems, primarily to replace or over-clad existing systems.

Coatings

We were established in 1929 as a painting and decorating business and though the business service offering has widened considerably, we have retained a division that specialises in larger-scale commercial painting and specialist coatings application for public and private sector clients.

Principal Contracting

We are an accredited and quality assured Principal Contractor working for some of the UK's largest public and private sector property and infrastructure owners.

Roofing

Cladding

We have an in-house division specialising in the design and installation of building cladding and sheeting systems, primarily to replace or over-clad existing systems.